Mack Kerns (23)
Sarah Benton (20)
November 8, 1899
Carroll County, Arkansas
Carroll County Marriage Records
Book E, Page 619
Sarah Jane Benton Kerns, born August 16, 1879, was the oldest child of Carroll County Pioneers, George Washington Benton and Nancy Elizabeth Rhodes Benton. On November 8, 1899, she married Mack Kerns in Carroll County, Arkansas. Sarah and Mack became the parents of:
Leslie Kerns (1901-1981)
Zelpha (Kerns) Carter (1904-1987)
Elsie (Kerns) Noble (1909-2004)
In 1905, Sarah Jane and Mack homesteaded land in Carroll County, Arkansas. The first claim for 120 acres was dated May 9, 1905. The Bureau of Land Management records also show that an additional 40 acres was homesteaded by Mack Kerns on June 18, 1908. One year later Mack passed away unexpectedly, when his appendix ruptured. Sarah Jane was left a widow with three young children to raise.
On December 10, 1924 she married Ellis Ownbey. Together they ran a tomato-canning factory in Blue Eye, Stone County, MO. However, they "went their separate ways" two years later in 1926; though they never divorced. Sarah reverted to using the Kerns surname after leaving Ellis.
Sarah Jane passed away May 19, 1964 from heart disease.
--Information provided by Delores (Buell) Eveland, Descendent of Neva (Benton) Buell, (Sarah's half-sister),and Rebecca Benton McKnight, (Sarah's Great Niece).
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Mack Kerns (23)
Sarah Benton (20)
November 8, 1899
Carroll County, Arkansas
Carroll County Marriage Records
Book E, Page 619
Sarah Jane Benton Kerns, born August 16, 1879, was the oldest child of Carroll County Pioneers, George Washington Benton and Nancy Elizabeth Rhodes Benton. On November 8, 1899, she married Mack Kerns in Carroll County, Arkansas. Sarah and Mack became the parents of:
Leslie Kerns (1901-1981)
Zelpha (Kerns) Carter (1904-1987)
Elsie (Kerns) Noble (1909-2004)
In 1905, Sarah Jane and Mack homesteaded land in Carroll County, Arkansas. The first claim for 120 acres was dated May 9, 1905. The Bureau of Land Management records also show that an additional 40 acres was homesteaded by Mack Kerns on June 18, 1908. One year later Mack passed away unexpectedly, when his appendix ruptured. Sarah Jane was left a widow with three young children to raise.
On December 10, 1924 she married Ellis Ownbey. Together they ran a tomato-canning factory in Blue Eye, Stone County, MO. However, they "went their separate ways" two years later in 1926; though they never divorced. Sarah reverted to using the Kerns surname after leaving Ellis.
Sarah Jane passed away May 19, 1964 from heart disease.
--Information provided by Delores (Buell) Eveland, Descendent of Neva (Benton) Buell, (Sarah's half-sister),and Rebecca Benton McKnight, (Sarah's Great Niece).
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Sarah J Kerns
Aug 16 1879
May 19 1964
Family Members
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Rev George "Wash" Washington Benton
1867–1949
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Ida Bell Benton Roberts
1869–1932
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Geneva Ellen "Neva" Benton Buell
1872–1952
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James W. Benton
1874–1875
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Mrs Cora P. Benton Hendrickson
1876–1960
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Infant Son Benton
1876–1876
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Hugh Benton
1892–1895
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Ause Clay Benton
1893–1983
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Charley Benton
1897–1980
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Hobson H Benton
1898–1992
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